...should claim for him accomplishments he did not possess.
Some of them tell of his fine horsemanship.
He was singularly awkward and uncomfortable to look at upon a horse.
In the riding school at West Point we used to watch him with anxiety when his turn came to cut at the head or leap the bars.
He had a rough hand with the bridle, an ungainly seat, and when he would cut at a head upon the ground, he ...